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Hackers breach crowdfunding site Patreon, dump nearly 15 GB of stolen data online including site's source code, user email addresses, and hashed password data — Gigabytes of user data from hack of Patreon donations site dumped online — The inclusion of source code and databases suggest breach was extensive.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Experts warned Patreon of major website flaw 5 days before breach: development error also committed on thousands of other sites allows remote code execution — Patreon was warned of serious website flaw 5 days before it was hacked — Even worse: Thousands of other sites are making the same facepalm-worthy mistake.| Re/code: |
How Jack Dorsey evolved as a leader at Square, preparing him to save Twitter — Why Jack Dorsey Is Ready to Save Twitter — On a fall day in 2010, Jack Dorsey stepped before his staff at Square, his payments startup, to deliver a pep talk at its weekly all-hands meeting.
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Google Inc. will formally become a subsidiary of Alphabet at the close of markets today — O Is for Official: Google to Morph Into Alphabet Today — At the close of markets today, Google Inc. will formally become a subsidiary of Alphabet, the holding company comprised of Google's two co-founders, its chairman, legal boss and CFO.| Nathan Donato-Weinstein / SV Business Journal: |
Sources: Apple to lease planned curvaceous 777K-square-foot office project at Central and Wolfe in Sunnyvale — Second Apple “spaceship” to land in Sunnyvale — deal sealed with Landbank Investments (Slideshow) — Apple Inc. has landed its second spaceship — this time, in Sunnyvale …
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East Texas judge shuts down 168 patent cases filed by most prolific patent troll of 2014, eDekka — East Texas judge throws out 168 patent cases in one fell swoop — Judge's order puts the most litigious patent troll of 2014 out of business. — The most prolific patent troll of last year …
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AT&T delays WiFi calling on iPhone pending FCC waiver, says Sprint and T-Mobile offered the feature, ignoring FCC's rules regarding deaf, hard-of-hearing users — AT&T says T-Mobile and Sprint Wi-Fi calling violates disability rules — AT&T says it can't offer Wi-Fi calling, while competitors “defy” FCC rules.
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ASUS signs patent licensing deal with Microsoft, will pre-install Office suite on its Android devices — Microsoft, ASUS sign combined Android patent, Office bundling deal — Is Microsoft making Office software and services part of its Android-patent-licensing negotiation terms?| Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News: |
Adblock extension for Chrome and Safari sold to unidentified buyer, joins Adblock Plus' Acceptable Ads program — Adblock for Chrome sold, joins Adblock Plus' Acceptable Ads program — Ad blocking is becoming a business. While there are still many extensions out there that are not monetized …
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Tumblr now allows users to hide their blogs from the web, making them accessible only via dashboard and native mobile apps — Tumblr now lets you hide your blog from the internet — Tumblr today introduced a feature that lets you hide your blog from the web so its content can only be viewed …
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Apple buys UK-based speech technology start-up VocalIQ — Tim Bradshaw in San Francisco, Sally Davies and Murad Ahmed in London — Apple has acquired a UK-based start-up whose artificial-intelligence software helps computers and people speak to each other in a more natural dialogue, according to people familiar with the deal.| Jai Vijayan / darkREADING: |
Researchers find curious Linux.WiFatch malware on tens of thousands of routers and IoT devices that appears to be securing infected systems — And Now A Malware Tool That Has Your Back — In an unusual development, white hat malware is being used to secure thousands of infected systems, not to attack them, Symantec says.Sponsor Posts
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